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I bought this device specifically because I was looking for the cheapest way to record video from my security cameras onto my Linux box. Video quality was not a concern. This is indeed compatible with Linux; all you need to do is compile the most recent development version of the v4l-dvb drivers (because the manufacturer recently updated the video capture chip used in this device). Note that I said
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I am not going to buy anything else from td
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reliable product, easy to use, does what it says.
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This device did not work as I were expecting to be.I am very unsatifeid with this product.
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Nothing says ''Fix It'' to the manufacturer than seeing lots of returned units.
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The software installed properly. That's the good point. It comes bundled with Cybermedia Power Director and Power Producer. However, aside from PD's awareness that the unit is plugged into the USB port, there is no communication. The preview screen is blank with a known good video source. No settings are available to make them talk nicely to each other. Reinstalling everything made no difference.
An email to Cybermedia resulted in my being told that a capture card is necessary to record external video sources such as a VCR.
Don't bother emailing KWorld's customer ''service''. It apparently doesn't exist.
The thing might work for others. For me it's wasted bucks.
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by: Radio Dude on
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This may work fine for capturing video from a VHS or even audio from LP's, but it doesn't work for video streaming. We had planed to use it from a high end Sony camera for stream a program and for some reason, it doesn't like doing that. We hooked it up to capture video from a video tape and it work fine.
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by: Bob on
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I had a similar device with my previous computer (D-Link)This one has given me much better capture results. The former device (or was it my processor, RAM, etc.? was dropping frames at such a rate i had to capture at 15 fps to get consistent video. The KWorld allows me to capture at 30 fps if desired and comes with better software. No Problems!
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I downloaded the Vista driver from KWorld's website and the install was easy. The software it comes with works OK & it also works with virtualdub. The quality of the video is not that great but it also depends on the source video. It does the job and for the price you can't complain. If you want better quality transfers then get a higher end device. No sync issues at all for me. It looks cheaply made, no surprises there, but it's not bad for a bargain priced capture device if all you need to do is transfer old videos. Just don't expect DVD quality transfers, if that's what you want look for something else.
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by: Factor X on
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I got one of these from tigerdirect a while ago and ive hated it ever since. the whole screen look grainy and recording is a major problem everything audio and video goes out of sync fast. the only thing ive ever used it for since is hooking up video game consoles to play them on the computer screen other then that this device is junk!
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I am using this on a WinXP laptop, and the sound input jack on my unit was not working. I asked for help from the tech support people at Kworld and they gave me a scripted answer. All of their suggestions did not work, and I never received any follow-up after several attempts.
If this works for you, then great. If you have a problem, don't expect anything from the tech support group at Kworld.
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This device did not work with Windows Vista, I used it on Win XP and it worked fine. Burn from VHS to DVD found that play back from the DVD loss image quality and sound quality was loud and distorted in some respects like a bad boot leg movie. I think the sound quality is bad due to the use of the mic input for sound output from the VHS player. There needs to be some Audio tunning available.
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This product is very difficult to find support for. It does not work on my linux box or on some of my XP and Vista systems. I can't seem to find good drivers, and I can only get VLC to work with it sometimes. The quality of recording is only so-so, and it usually looks much fuzzier than the original VHS.
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It is a good usb device,but if you loose the driver disk then you are screwed. You can not find the driver to download on there site. And when you e-mail support they never respond. So it is a ok product just never loose the driver disk or you will only be able to use it on the one computer it is installed on.
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For the price It works great ,software could be better had some old vhs tapes from my late mothers home ,made copies for family for X mass ,would love to edit out a few minutes of junk but am fine with Just haveing copies of old tapes on DVDs, used mic input for sound ,would love it if this devise worked with windows movie maker .Great product on the cheap!!!!!!!!
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This is the third similar product I have bought since past month, as an 30-year electronics specialist and hobbiest its a great product(for money you pay for it), any program I have (like Yahoo messenger, couple of DVD/Video editting programs, several wireless security video systems...)could recognize it instantly with greate video quality. It worth the money.
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I was hesitant in purchasing this product for months after reading some of the reviews. My fear was unfounded after started using it yesterday. I first installed the driver and software on my older IBM 600E laptop. It did not work as well as I hoped. Then I installed it on Lenovo Ideapd Y510 dual-core machine, and it worked perfectly. Using the software that came with it, I was able to capture digital movie out of 11 year old VHS tape. I used the Mic-in to capture the sound and the quality is not bad. The quality of the video is acceptable as well knowing that you can't covert analog VHS to digital 100%. The lesson is if you want to use this device and software, you need better machine to process digital images. Anything lesser than dual-core will not work. I highly recommend this product.
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worked for 30 seconds. Returned. Worst electronic item that I have ever used.
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For simplicity the device is quite easy to use however, as mentioned in previous reviews, the software is a bit difficult to navigate compared to others this reviewer has used. The finished DVD video quality was disappointing. After trying it on a Vista machine as well as XP, the picture quality remained quite coarse on a 36'' TV. Perhaps it is a codec issue but there hasn't been one found to work better. There are other PCI capture cards that preform better than this USB device. If you are looking to copy your 8mm, this is not the product for you. If you are requiring some video input and don't care for the quality of picture, then it is a good deal.
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I was a bit apprehensive but had a computer friend look at the info on this device and he thought it was good. So I gave this product a try. I verified that I had the system requirments- I did. I followed the instructions on installing. I had no problems. It recorded beautifully. I must agree with the one review about quality when watching on the TV. I have a 32'' HDTV and I think the VCR plays the movie better than my recorded DVD. Also with the video camera movie. It plays better using the video hooked up to the TV verses the recorded DVD. But I haven't checked to see if I used a better DVD-R.
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It works pretty good, for recording DVDs and a VHS tape to view on a small screen, but the quality isn't good enough to view on your home tv
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Plugged right into my analog surveillance camera and now I record live video! Coolest thing! So it has many uses
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The device itself works well from the start although after some e-wrestling with the accompanying software. I will admit up-front that I am a complete newbie to video software but have enough experience to know that the software provided could have been a bit more intuitive in its use. Have created one DVD from a 8mm transfer that turned out as well as I expected. The value that I was looking for at the entry level of video capture/editing functions.
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Great product! Instalation was done in no time. It works as promised. The only thing is I have to play around with the software to learn how to edit my video footage from my vcr. I would recommend this product.
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For the price, this is a great little gadget. Used the video RCA connector straight to my VHS-C Camcorder. I was able to transfer a wedding video without any issues. Quality was as good as putting the tape into my VCR. Great little tool. Only issue I had was getting this to work with my Vista laptop. Had to use my XP desktop.
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This unit is cheap! I was supprised to find out how well it works. So maybe I should say it is economical. I used line in (not mic, that did not work) and it works great. Sound is not an issue, just the quality of the original sets the quality of the final product. Unit works well for the price! Now the software is not really all that good. I am now using NERO7 and it works way better. Learning how to make scenes is difficult and I have a lot to learn. So far I have made 6hrs (4 with provided soft ware, 2 with NERO) of Hi8 from my hand held in to digital and made a few DVD's as well. However my scenes are 2 hours long... lol remember, The slower you burn it the better the quality. Also the less programs you have running the better. ALSO directions/read me stink and I have no idea what the button on the unit is for...
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Just picked mine up at a retail location and it works great so far. I plugged everything in installed the drivers and software, and done! The video quality is o.k. as said in other reviews but it's fine for video game capturing and home-video transfer so I'm happy. My only complaints are that the product it self seems like it was made very cheap and the sound currently isn't working.
All in all a great product for the price and well recommended if your going to use it for home-videos and similar things
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I'm surprised to say, this economic choice of DVD Maker, not only works, but works insanely well. The cyberlink software that is bundled with it turns out quite well. I've made a few DVDs out of my VHS but the resolution isn't that good, but I guess the old video formats have it's limitations.
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product very cheap. get what you pay for. i was very disappointed in the quality of the video image that was captured. had to buy a pci card and it works much better
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This is a very good product. It is the first capture device I've had but it was very easy to set up and install! Ulead MovieFactory 4.0 is the editing software that is included it is good and very intuitive. However I cannot get any of the updates for it to install. They say that it is not installed on my PC when I'm not using it and says I need to shut it down to install them when it is running! Otherwise this is a very good product!
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As is usually the case with Diger Direct, the product arrived rather quickly. I had no problems loading the software. I'm running Windows Media Center Edition. It doesn't mention in the spec's whether it will run with it, but it does. Although I do have the audio plugged into the Line In, and have Line In selected in the software, I can not hear any audio DURING recording. The final product has audio (although the record level is always too loud regardless of settings.) I have made 3 DVD's and tried them on 3 different DVD players - no problems. The quality recording them from my HI-8 is so-so even at 720X480, but I am using component video cable. Hopfully it will improve with an S-Video cable. Overall, I'm pleased.
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The setup is pretty simple, but the software is not as simple. It takes some time to figure it out. The instructions are rather unclear about setup. The video is acceptable, but the sound is not. Since you have to plug into the mic port on your computer, the sound is not worthy of DVD or CD quality. If you are looking to transfer home videos, this is the way to go. If you are looking to copy from DVR to DVD, this is not. The sound quality is quite poor.
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Not satisfied sums it up. I did not expect much but better than that. I tried installing it on 2 machines (1st one couldn't get the sound going on playback). On the 2nd the video plays back always with some lines at the bottom and the sound is scratchy. I already spent too much time trying to fix this. Save yourself some time and try something else.
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Shocked at how quickly it arrived. Installed easily. Color settings work great. Haven't had any audio problems yet, but I've only messed with it one night. Interestingly received Ulead's MoveFactory 4 rather than the Xpert software, but it works great. Highly recommend this, especially for the price. Oh, and for audio I'd recommend plugging it into the ''line'' input rather than the ''mic'' input on your PC.
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Works pretty good, took just a few minutes to install, i didnt use the creating software i had others, only problem i had was while caspturing a movie from my video camera I had no sound the first time, but it was my fault, i didnt have the audio source on movie maker set to line, changed it to line and it worked good.
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Very nice product. It is extremely easy to use and very powerful in what it claims of capable of doing such as capturing, editing etc.. Highly recommended.
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I would have given this a higher rating, but there seems to be something wrong with my unit.
The design of this unit is convenient, and when it works it works easily and gets decent quality.
Unfortunatley my captured audio is constantly clipping even with the mic volume on as low as possible AND with mic boost disabled. Also, I have to position the wires JUST RIGHT or the audio gets all crackly and messes up. Also, there is no way to adjust the volume of the audio being recorded aside from the windows mic control.
So if mine were working properly (I sure hope mine ISN'T) then this would be an excellent product.
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The best investment ever, product was so easy to install and the captures are available, make sure you mess with teh settings to get the color right, but other than than that this product is amazing. No need for the s-video if you are just going to watch tv on your pc, takes captures of video. Had it hooked up and installed in about 5 minutes. The software is good as well. Highly recommend this product. Tigerdirect never fails at having phoenoinal products.
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Works great
Easy to set up and install. Works as advertised. Connected my VCR and created DVD's very easily. You'll need another software package for software editing, but a great price, especially with a rebate.
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GREAT PRODUCT!!!! Works better than expected. Took no time to setup and works great! Does everything product was advertised and more. Would HIGHLY recommend this product to anyone.
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Great product. Bought this to copy video from my DVR camcorder mini DVDs to full size DVDs, works perfectly.
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Bought one of these the other day, and am quite impressed. Have not tried recording yet, as I only bought it so I could play my Xbox on my PC monitor. Sufficed to say, the audio preview quality is perfect, and although the video tends to be a little fuzzy when you use fullscreen, its worth its price. Have only tried composite connections, however, even though it has S-Video capability...I can only hope when I obtain an S-Video cable for my xbox that it will improve the picture quality.
Another point to add, is that the preview framerate SEEMS to be about 20-25 fps. Not incredible, but enough for the job, albeit slightly distracting when trying to play a dance game or something similar. Perhaps it might be a little faster using PCI... In any case, its worth the money paid for it - I can play my xbox on my pc now, so its all good :D
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Great stuff, recorded halo 2 off my xbox wonderfully on my sempron mobile 2800, 512 mb, no video card. the schedule thing isn't that great. the sound is the only thing that isn't 5 stars..it is good but not great..but over all..agreat stuff.hook it up to my video out on my vcr and recorded all of prison break perfectly.
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Easy to set up and install. Works as advertised. Connected my VCR and created DVD's very easily. You'll need another software package for software editing, but a great price, especially with a rebate.
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Product seems functional, however the documentation for both the DVD Maker and the provided OEM capture software (PVR Plus) is really very minimal, which, as a newcomer to video capture, I consider a serious drawback. Considering the many possible capture variations, I am going through a lot of DVD+R's experimenting to find the best combination of file size and picture quality. The KWorld web site doesn't offer much help for this product either. But it is inexpensive.
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Real good product. There are mulitple settings for quality and recording methods. I use it to capture game play off my X-Box and it captures very smoothly and consistant. The only problem I have had is with trying to run my web cam at the same time. The web cam would be set as default for recording sound on it's microphone rather then the line-in for the capture device. But it was easy enough to fix. All and all it's a great product and I would recommend it.
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Running off a pretty fast laptop's USB port.
GOOD POINTS:
Great for running the TV or VCR with free sizing as a window on my computer screen.
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Sound records very poorly and no one can say why, though the preview sounds fine.
Requires a special sequence to run properly, unclear from instructions: start PVR program, then plug in the USB connector, then click the little TV. Wrong sequence produces an error.
When using the USB connection the system runs quite hot because the device draws power. An external power source option would be nice.
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Although every time I connect unit to computer, Windows XP requires me to install the drivers, the product does do what I wanted and goes beyond expectations. It's awesome.
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Sweet Thing, i don't have a Digital CamCorder, but that doesn't stop me from uploading my Videos from my VHS Camcorder to the Computer, that Product is the sweetest. Love it
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It is easy to connect on the computer and on my video source. The quality of the image is really good (just like DVD quality). The price is three times cheaper than any device that is the same type from other companies. I can effort that. The size of DVD maker is so small and light for me to carry around anywhere with my laptop. It just like a protable TV. I recommend it. Thanks Tigerdirect!!
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I just bought a Dvd maker usb 2.0. It's great to use. I recommand the Kworld company is the best.
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Product works fine, no power supply needed. If you can get the Kworld X-Pert TV-PVR USB 2.0 TV Tuner with the $40 rebate, it will do everything this product does plus give you a TV tuner, and the price will actually be less.
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Don't know about the USB variety, but I just tried the PCI version and could not get any drivers to ok through WinXP on install. Kept getting directed to the same driver
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I bought it two weeks ago. There was no problem with it. The installation of the PowerProducer 2 was simple. I had no problem with installation. The 3-D sound and Tv quality is great came out from my Asus centrino notebook. It also has a small remote control connected by USB port. I can control my notebook when I changed the channel or functions. It was great!! I recommended it!! And thanks for Tigerdirect provide this good product!!
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Easy to use, and works well. However, the editing software is very low-end.
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Product software is terrible. Could not
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convert that to MP2. The hardware has worked
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It is a great product. I don't need to take out the cover of my computer. I just plug it to my usb port. It also can control by control pannel. I recommanded it!!
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It is a great product. This is my first time to use it. I like it. I recommand it.
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Excellent device, simple to use with flexibile options to capture video in a variety or formats and quality levels. Very fast set-up in Windows XP. Software is actually quite intuitive to use, and includes nice extras like timer schedules, etc.
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Product installs easily and works well. Capture software very flexible and editing software is stripped down model but useful. Cords are long enough to allow USB plug in front and sound card in back of computer. Overall great buy.
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